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Comments: Even though this was a firdt year race, I noticed there was a lot of fast people here so I figured the pace would be quick. On top of that, there were a couple of local high school and college cross country runners. As expected, the lead pack took off like a rocket and lost touch pretty quickly. After about a 1/2 mile, one of the college runners took the lead and just dusted the field. I went out a little too fast for me and had to back off a bit as I was sucking wind pretty hard. I ended up finishing the run in 13th which I was pretty happy with. What would you do differently?: Nothing really, maybe start off a tad slower but otherwise did okay. Transition 1
Comments: No T times were given but it went pretty smoothly Bike
Comments: Given the strength of the runners in this race, I decided to just go as hard as I could on the bike (within reason) and forget I had a second run coming up. My hope was to either build up a big enough lead that I could hang on or they would come with me and burn out their legs. I past a bunch of people and moved upto 5th within the first 4 miles. Overall I was very happy with the bike, having the 5th fastest bike split, and entering T2 in 5th place. What would you do differently?: Nothing Transition 2
Comments: Went as fast as I could as I knew the runners were coming Run
Comments: I went out hard and my legs felt surprisinglu good but my breathing was really labored. Not knowing how much time I had on anyone, I was literally running scared. I knew I had a group of runners who were quicker than me somewhere behind. At about 3/4 mile in, I got caught by one person. This actually helped as he got about 50 feet in front of me but I managed to keep that distance until the last 1/4 mile. However, with about 1/2 mile to go, the kid that one the first run came blowing by me. He was going so much quicker than me I had no shot to stay with him. He was the last one to pass me so I came home in 7th. Post race
Warm down: Just walked around and grabbed some water. What limited your ability to perform faster: Nothing really. I am slowly racing my way back into shapr. Event comments: This was a first year race and really well done. The course was well marked, had tons of police and very little traffic. I would definately do this race again. Last updated: 2007-06-04 12:00 AM
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Overall Rank = 7/176
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 3/10
I wasn't sure how long it would take to get down to Fairfield so I ended up arriving and hour and a half before race time. Checked out the transition area to figure out the ins and outs. Given the short nature of the race, I didn't want to lose much time in transition.
I had done aout 5 hours of landscaping on Friday afternoon and another 7 hours on Saturday. I wasn't to concerned because the race was so short but when I started to jog, I realized just how stiff I was. So I ended up doing a lot of running and stretching and felt pretty good by time the race started